Replaceable tooth for rotary earth cutting means



p l 1951 H. c. HETTELSATER ET AL 2,549,088

REFLACEABLE TOOTH FOR ROTARY EARTH CUTTING MEANS Filed Sept. 7, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 a 3,. fig.

4 7% jX/ornay April 17, 1951 H. c. HETTELSATER ET AL REPLACEABLE TOOTH FOR ROTARY EARTH CUTTING MEANS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 7, 1946 shown in Fig. 2;

Patented Apr. 17, i951 REPLACEABLE TOOTH FOR ROTARY EARTH CUTTING MEANS a i Henry C. Hettelsater, Whitefish Bay, and George L. Gavin, Milwaukee, Wis., assignors to Hat-- nischfeger Corporation, Milwaukee, Wis;, a cor poration of .Wisconsin ApplicationSeptember 7, 1946-, Serial No.x695,3.76

4 Claims. (01. 37-189) This invention relates to replaceable teeth for earth cutting means adapted for the comparatively rapid cutting rates employed in rotary .earth cutting means, and resides tnore par- 1 ticularly in a tooth having a working end armed with embedded hard inserts, the cutting end being integrally joined with a tapered mounting shank adapted for replaceable mounting disposed in relation to the working end of the tooth so as tobe self-seating.

One object of; the invention is to provide an easily replaceable cutting tooth containing a minimum of materialto be discarded when it is worn toitheppoint when replacement is necessary whileatthe same time providing a tooth which is strong and capable of being securely held in place.

Another object of this invention istoprovide a replaceable cuttingtooth which is self-seating under load and inherently free of a tendency to twist in itsmounting when under load.

Another object of this invention is to provide a replaceable tooth of such configuration as to be self-sharpening when in; use and in which major wear will take place in parts of the tooth not depended upon for strength.

Another object of this invention is. to provide a high. speed earth cutting tooth armed with embedded inserts of extreme hardness capable of withstanding high-speed earth-cutting erosive wear under pressure protected from shattering impact by shock resisting material sor disposed as'to remain in place. sufiiciently to perform a shock shielding action'during the life of said embedded inserts.

. The above and other objects'and. advantages of this invention will appear from the-description following in which there is setforth by way of i illustration and not of limitation specific forms in which thetooth of this inventionmay be embodied, rsaid description beingmgiven-with the aidof the accompanying drawings-"forming a part hereof and in which- Fig. l is a side view in elevation and partly in outline of a rotary earth cutting member with one form of the tooth of this invention shown in place;

Fig. 21s a side view in elevation. withparts .broken away and in section on a somewhat larger scale. of one of the teeth shown in Fig.- .1;

f Fig. 3 is a fragmentarylside view incelevation with partsbroken away andin section of altooth differing from the tooth shown in Fig. 2 it with respect to thetypeof hard insertemployed;

Fig. 4 is a top. plan view of the cutting tooth i Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view :of the cutting tooth shown inFig. 2; Fig. (Sis a front view. in elevation of the tooth shown in Fig. 2 parts being shown broken away .and in section, the same being shown. mounted in a fragment of a mounting. arm of the cutting member shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 7 is a rear view in elevation of the cutting tooth shown in Fig. 2.

Set forth in Fig. 1 of the drawings is an end 1 view of one form of earth cutting member I with. which replaceable cutting teeth constructed in accordance. with this. invention may. be employed. The cutting member Lisprovided with a plurality of arms 2 havinggopen sided tanends. Thecutting member I may takeon. various forms other than that shown adapted to securely hold sockets such as the sockets 3 in.

positionto receive cutting teeth.

Arranged to be receivediin the sockets 3.are

teeth 4 one of which is shown. in greater detail -0f the tooth 4 is madelup'of a deflecting nose 6 in Figs. 2, 4, 5, e and 7.) As showninthe detailed views the tooth 4 is made. uppf an elongated tapering shank 5 integrally joined with ashovel portion at the forward end. The shovelportion of triangular configuration" disposedopposite the shank 5 adapted to... deflect material ;,away

from the sockets 3 in. which the teeth are a mounted and adapted to serve asan. abutment ;upon which a hammer blow] maybe delivered for the purpose of-seating the tooth in the socket 3. The main partoftthe shovelportion of the tooth extends downwardly and laterally from the nose 6 to form ablade portion 1 and to form a plow .shaped cutting edge which isiwell below the axis of the shank 5. Extending beneath. the

blade 1 from a pointnear its forward endrean .wardlyto the extreme rear end of the shank 5S is a stiffening rib or key 8 integrallyformed with the other parts of. thehtooth. The keyt thus serves to strengthen and reinforce both the shovel portion '1 andthe shank 5. As shown" more clearly in Fig. Ethel tooth socket 3 is provided with an open sided tapered opening shaped .to conform closely with the..exterior surface of the shank 5 and to receive the'key 8 in abutting relationship with the side lips 9 of the tooth socket 3. With a tooth seatedin a socket 3 it .is rigidly held in place. by reason of the taper of .theshank 5 and is strongly restrained against tipping by engagement of the key 8 with the abuttinglips 9 of the socket .3. When it is de- 'cided to remove a tooth it can be ouicklydriven out of place bya drift pin appliedto the exsiderable pressure.

treme back end of the shank 5. A worn tooth may thus be very quickly freed from the socket 3. A new tooth may also be very quickly inserted by sliding it into position and by hammering on the end of the nose portion 6.

The plow shaped cutting edge of the lower part of shovel portion 1 overlays an inverted V-shaped hard insert receiving trough it made up of a forward impact cushioning-lip H and a rearwardly disposed shoulder I2. Disposed within the trough ID are a plurality of hard inserts I3. The inserts 13 are disposed directly behind the impact cushioning lip II and are made'up' of such hard substances as cast or cindered tungsten carbide, cobalt carbide or boron carbide alloys or compositions, or other suitable hard metal or metal-like substances of hardness ap from the extreme forward edge to the lip II or H to the trough in or II). 1 I4 or. [4' together with the insert material 13 or The fused matrix I3 provides a secondary flank portion extending rearwardly from the flank portion provided by the lower part of the lip II or ll.

Theforward end of the shovel portion 1 is preferably formed as indicated in Fig. 4 in a pointed or plow shaped form as indicated clearly proximating that of the usual run of soil miner'-- als. The substances suitable for hard inserts preferably are metallic or metal-like in character and are adapted to be whetted by fused alloys in the molten state. The inserts l3 are held in place by an embedding matrix [4 put in place by fusion welding so as to form a welded bond with the sides of the trough II! and the external surface of the inserts I3. The material of the matrix l4 may be composed of steel alloys suitable for welding or of brazing alloys depending upon the composition of the inserts 13. If the insert [3 is of a material which will withstand the higher melting temperature of a steel alloy,

it'is'preferable to employ the same for the matrix I4. If, on the other hand, the insert l3 may be harmed by such temperatures the matrix l4 may be made up of alloys melting at lower temperatures such as brazing alloys.

The material of the tooth 4 preferably is selected from among the tough, resilient steel a1- composed of a material capable of withstanding erosion under heavy pressure, it nevertheless withstands such wear as is imposed upon it over a protracted period. It will be understood that a rotary cutting member such as member I is intended to be advanced into an earth layer such as shown at 5 in Fig.- l with a steady, forward feed rate. By reason of this action the rapidly rotating cutting member I' brings the lower ends of the inserts [3 into contact with the cut face I! of the earth [6 under very con- The inserts I3 are well adapted to withstand the erosion occurring under such heavy pressure, although by reason of their hardness they are subject to being shattered by direct impact. If any uncut hard obstruction projects from the cutting face 11, the impact upon encountering the same is absorbed by the impact withstanding lip ll. Under use the inserts I3 become slowly eroded by wear and such wear continually reduces the under side of the forward end of the tooth 4 by removal of material in planes parallel to the line of cutting action indicated at l5. By reason of this a selfsharpening action occurs and the toothremains sharp and effective until the inserts [3 are substantially usedup as indicated by the ultimate in Figs. 4 and 5. By reason of this configuration and by reason of the disposition of the shovel portion 1 entirely below the axis of the shank 5 loads imposed upon the tooth 4 tend to maintain the tooth in working position very materially reducing the amount of twisting force applied thereto in the socket 3. As a result the key 8'is adequate to withstand such twisting forces as may be applied to the tooth and the sockets 3 are relieved of the spreading action that would be imposed thereon if heavy twisting forces were encountered. This self-seating,stabilizing action of the tooth 4 arises out of the disposition of the cutting edge of the tooth with respect to the axis IQ of the shank 5. As may be noted clearly in Fig. l the axis of the mounting shank 5 intersects the working face I! at a point well in advance of the working contact point of the tooth-4.

If desired, the tooth of this invention may be constructed in a modified form as indicated in the fragmentary view'in Fig. 3. In Fig. 3 a tooth 4' is shown having a configuration closely conforming to that of tooth 4. Similar parts of the tooth 4' have been given numbers corresponding with parts of the tooth 4 and description of the same will not be repeated. It is sufficientto note that the numbers applied to parts in Fig. 3 have been given the added notation of the prime mark. The trough iii of the tooth 4', however, instead of accommodating discreet insert bodies l3, as in the case of tooth 4, is filled completely withfa mixture of matrix material and small, irregular fragments of hard insert material. These irregular fragments are designated I 3 in the case of tooth 4 while the matrix material holding the same in place is designated l4. Resistance to eroding wear under pressure in a' direction perpendicular to the line of action [5' is increased in the case of the tooth 4' by the 'hard insert material I3 and the action of this form of the tooth of this invention is quite parable with that of the tooth 4.

While the cutting face of the shovel portion 1 preferably is plow shaped as shown, the tooth of this invention also may be effectively employed where the shovel portion 1 has a straight cutting face or face of other particular configuration.

We claim:

1. In a replaceable tooth for rotary earth cutting means, an elongated attachment shank of slightly tapering frustro-conical form, a stiffening rib starting at the" smaller rear end of said shank and extending forwardly along and projecting from the lower side of said shank, an obliquely disposed transverse shovel portion'extending forwardly and downwardly from the larger forward end of said shank spreading laterally therefrom on both sides thereof, said stiff.

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ening rib also extending forwardly from the forward end of said shank beneath and merged with the lower face of said shovel portion, and a transverse cutting edge on the forward part of said shovel portion disposed entirely below the axis of said shank portion.

2. In a replaceable tooth for rotary earth cutting means, an elongated attachment shank of slightly tapering frustro-conical form, a stiffening rib starting at the smaller rear end of said shank and extending forwardly along and projecting from the lower side of said shank, an obliquely disposed transverse shovel portion extending forwardly and downwardly from the larger forward end of said shank to leave a material deflecting abutment exposed at the forward end of said shank and spreading laterally therefrom on both sides thereof, said stiffening rib also extending forwardly from the forward end of said shank beneath and merged with the back of said shovel portion, and a transverse cutting edge on the forward part of said shovel portion disposed entirely below the axis of said shank portion.

3. In a replaceable tooth for rotary earth cutting means, an elongated attachment shank of slightly tapering frustro-conical form, a stiffening rib starting at the smaller rear end of said shank and extending forwardly along and-projecting from the lower side of said shank, an obliquely disposed transverse shovel portion extending forwardly and downwardly from the larger forward end of said shank spreading laterally therefrom on both sides thereof, said stiffening rib also extending forwardly from the forward end of said shank beneath and merged with the lower face of said shovel portion, a transverse cutting edge on the forward part of said shovel portion being disposed entirely below said shank portion, and a plurality of hard inserts secured in place by a fusion bond along said cutting edge.

4. In a replaceable tooth for rotary earth cutting means, an elongated tapering attachment shank, a stiffening rib extending along and projecting from the lower side of said shank, an obliquely disposed transverse shovel portion extending forwardly and downwardly from the larger forward end of said shank spreading laterally therefrom on both sides thereof, said stiffening rib extending to and being merged. with the lower face of said shovel portion, and a transverse cutting edge on the forward part of said shovel portion disposed entirely below the axis of said shank portion.

HENRY C. HETTELSATER. GEORGE L. GAVIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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